Exhibition: The Kent State Shootings & Their Aftermath: Through the Media's Lens

In honor of the 45th commemoration of the Kent State Shootings, the Department of Special Collections and Archives’ feature exhibit examines the media’s coverage and interpretation of the anti-war movement beginning with the National Moratorium on the Vietnam War in the fall of 1969, to the Kent State shootings, the Scranton Commission, through the controversy surrounding the building of the gym annex in 1977. The exhibit presents a cross-section of some of the most famous newspaper headlines, magazine covers, posters, flyers, photographs, newsletters, and comic strips produced in the period leading up to the Kent State shootings, the shootings themselves, and in the aftershock that followed. (Curated by Lae'l Hughes-Watkins and Elizabeth Campion.)

Our new gallery on Kent State's Digital Commons features selected Riverside Press editions by noted book designer Bruce Rogers. This gallery was created by Troy Cherrington, a University Libraries student employee and School of Library and Information Science graduate student. Troy selected books for this gallery from Special Collections and Archives. Learn more about Bruce Rogers and the Riverside Press by exploring this gallery, and come to Special Collections and Archives to view the original books and other books designed by Rogers. (Curated by Troy Cherrington.)

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